CS 557: Machine Learning
Prof. Jason Sauppe | Fall 2020This page contains a course schedule for CS 557. Rows in gray are tentative and will be updated as the course progresses. Other course content (e.g., slides, assignments) can be found on Canvas.
Content | Week | Day | Date | In-Class | Reading | Additional Notes |
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Intro | 01 | Mon. | 09/07 | —No Class— | ||
Wed. | 09/09 | Syllabus, 19.1, 19.2 | ||||
Fri. | 09/11 | (Online: #02) | ||||
Decision Trees | 02 | Mon. | 09/14 | —Class cancelled— | ||
Wed. | 09/16 | (Online: #03) | 19.3 | |||
Fri. | 09/18 | (Online: #04) | ||||
Linear Regression | 03 | Mon. | 09/21 | (Online: #05) | 19.6.1 | Assignment 01 available |
Wed. | 09/23 | (Online: #06) | 19.6.3, A.2 | |||
Fri. | 09/25 | (Online: #07) | 19.6.2 | |||
Model Selection & Optimization |
04 | Mon. | 09/28 | (Online: #08) | ||
Wed. | 09/30 | (Online: #09) | 19.4 | |||
Fri. | 10/02 | (Online: #10/11) | ||||
Linear Classification | 05 | Mon. | 10/05 | 19.6.4 | Assignment 01 due | |
Wed. | 10/07 | (Online: #13) | ||||
Fri. | 10/09 | 19.6.5 | ||||
kNN | 06 | Mon. | 10/12 | (Online: #15) | Assignment 02 available | |
Wed. | 10/14 | 19.7.1 | ||||
Fri. | 10/16 | (Online: #17) | 19.7.2, 19.7.3 | |||
SVMs | 07 | Mon. | 10/19 | 19.7.5 | ||
Wed. | 10/21 | (Online: #19) | ||||
Fri. | 10/23 | |||||
SVMs & Neural Networks |
08 | Mon. | 10/26 | (Online: #21) | 19.7.6 | |
Wed. | 10/28 | 21.1.1 | ||||
Fri. | 10/30 | (Online: #23) | Assignment 02 due | |||
Deep Learning | 09 | Mon. | 11/02 | 21.1 | ||
Wed. | 11/04 | (Online: #25) | ||||
Fri. | 11/06 | 21.4 | ||||
Deep Learning | 10 | Mon. | 11/09 | (Online: #27) | 21.2 | |
Wed. | 11/11 | 21.5 | ||||
Fri. | 11/13 | (Online: #29) | 21.3, 21.6, 21.8 | Assignment 03 available | ||
Markov Decision Processes & Clustering |
11 | Mon. | 11/16 | 17.1 | ||
Wed. | 11/18 | (Online: #31) | ||||
Fri. | 11/20 | 17.2 | ||||
Dimensionality Reduction |
12 | Mon. | 11/23 | (Online: #33) | ||
Wed. | 11/25 | —Class cancelled— | ||||
Fri. | 11/27 | —No Class— | ||||
MDPs & Reinforcement Learning |
13 | Mon. | 11/30 | (Online: #34) | 17.3, 17.4, 17.5 | |
Wed. | 12/02 | (Online: #35) | 22.1, 22.2 | |||
Fri. | 12/04 | (Online: #36) | 22.3 | |||
Reinforcement Learning |
14 | Mon. | 12/07 | (Online: #37) | Assignment 03 due; Assignment 04 available | |
Wed. | 12/09 | (Online: #38) | 22.4 | |||
Fri. | 12/11 | (Online: #39) | ||||
Additional Topics | 15 | Mon. | 12/14 | (Online: #40) | 22.5, 22.6, 22.7 | |
Wed. | 12/16 | (Online: #41) | Assignment 04 "official" due date | |||
Fri. | 12/18 | —No Class— | ||||
Final Exam | 15 | Sat. | 12/19 | —Final Exam (2:30 PM – 4:30 PM, Online Canvas Quiz) — | ||